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Suspicious events at a Middle Eastern archaeological excavation site intrigue the great Hercule Poirot as he investigates Murder in Mesopotamia, a classic murder mystery from Agatha Christie. Amy Leatheram has never felt the lure of the mysterious East, but when she travels to an ancient site...

Vous ne la connaissez pas, pourtant elle a tenu le monde entre ses mains. Au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale, Gertrude Bell a dessiné les frontières de l’Orient, dans ce désert sauvage où tout a commencé : le pays entre les deux fleuves, le Tigre et l’Euphrate. Aventurière, archéologue, espionne, parlant l’arabe et le persan, elle fut la femme la plus puissante de l’Empire britannique, mais aussi une héroïne tragique. Idéaliste comme son ami et frère d’âme Lawrence d’Arabie. Impérialiste et courageuse comme le jeune Winston Churchill.

Dive into the captivating second volume of The World’s Story, a 15-volume series meticulously curated by Eva March Tappan. This collection weaves together compelling prose, evocative poetry, and stunning artwork to illustrate the rich tapestry of global history, art, and culture from ancient times to the early 20th century. In this volume, explore the fascinating histories and cultures of India, Siam, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. - Summary by Sonia. Cast for Sakoontala, or the Lost Ring King Tomas Peter, First Attendant Eva Davis, Second Attendant TJ Burns, Child lorda, ...

Saleh Abdoh, the narrator of Out of Mesopotamia, is a middle-aged Iranian journalist who moonlights as a writer for one of Iran's most popular TV shows, but cannot keep himself away from the front lines in neighboring Iraq and Syria. There, the fight against the Islamic State is a proxy war, an existential battle, a declaration of faith, and, for some, a passing weekend affair. After weeks spent dodging RPGs and witnessing acts of savagery and stupidity, he returns to his civilian life of Tehran bookstore readings and trendy art openings, finding it to be unbearably dislocating.

Edith and Frances, living with their mother on a tiny farm in the south-east of Australia, are visited by their cousin Leopold and his Armenian friend Aram. The two young men are taking the long way home after working on an archaeological dig in Iraq. It is 1937. The modern world they say, is waiting to erupt. Among the tales they tell is the story of Gilgamesh, the legendary king of Uruk, in ancient Mesopotamia.

"Enuma Elish" es un poema épico babilónico que cuenta la historia de la creación del mundo y de los dioses. Se cree que fue escrito en el siglo XII a.C. y es considerado uno de los textos más antiguos conocidos de la literatura mesopotámica. En el poema, se narra cómo el dios Marduk emerge como el dios principal y crea el universo y la humanidad a partir del cuerpo de la diosa Tiamat, a quien derrota en una gran batalla.

The story of the adventures of the mythical hero Gilgamesh is the most considerable literary production that has come down to us from ancient Babylonia. Unfortunately, it was not preserved in complete form. This recording is of the fullest translation which had yet been issued in English when it was first published in 1917.